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1. Find the sum: 299 + 943 + 398 + 101 11. Find 3 of 16

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A.1631 a. 7
B.1741 b. 16
C. 398 c. 39
D. 122222 d. 52

2. Evaluate: (16 – (24 – 8) + 22 x 8 – 8) 12. Find the value of x in the equation: 3x + 7 = 28

a. 40 a. (7)
b. 48 b. (-7)
c. 64 c. (±7)
d. 168 d. (4)

3. If 23 + 28 + 37 + x + 53 = 168 and 23 + 28 + 40 + y + 50 13. If 8x + 12 = 24, what is the value of 24x + 36?

= 120. Find the value of x – y. a. 4
a. 36 b. 6
b. 48 c. 8
c. 56 d. 72
d. 64
14. If positive integers m and n are not both odd, which
4. What is the remainder when 192888 is divided by 8 of the following is always true?
a. 0 a. m + n is even
b. 4 b. mn is even
c. 8 c. m – n cannot be odd
d. 24111 d. m + n – 1 is odd

5. Rounding 299943 to the nearest thousands. The result 15. Find the average temperature change for the 12 –
is? day period. Temperature change in degree Celsius: 2.6,
a. 299940 3.8, 7.0, 4.5, 4.6, 7.9, 5.0, 8.1, 4.4, 5.3, 6.4, 5.2
b. 299000 a. 4.8
c. 299900 b. 4.9
d. 300000 c. 5.2
d. 5.4
6. 398.101 is read as
a. three hundred ninety eight, one hundred one 16. If 8 less than the product of a number and -3 is
b. three hundred ninety eight and one hundred one greater than 7, which of the following could be that
c. three hundred ninety eight and one hundred one number?
hundredths a. -6
d. three hundred ninety eight and one hundred one b. -5
thousandths c. -1
d. 0
7. A number is divisible by 8 if its last three digits is
divisible by 8. Which of the following numbers is divisible 17. The difference between 8 times a number and 17 is
by 8? 231. Find the number.
a. 9208 a. 31
b. 6236 b. 37
c. 88254 c. 48
d. 8886 d. 1984

8. What is 25% of 228? 18. Four times the perimeter of a parking lot is 16 less
a. 52 than 2000 meters. What is the perimeter of the lot?
b. 57 a. 496 m
c. 54 b. 504 m
d. 912 c. 992 m
d. 1008 m
9. 168 is what percent of 672?
a. 25% 19. The amount of last month’s telephone bill, decreased
b. 50% by the product of 3 and Php 30.00 equals Php 1319.50.
d. 400% Find the amount of the bill.
d.80% a. Php 1229.50
b. Php 1289.50
10. Evaluate: 123 x 0.1 + 123 x 0.01 + 123 x 0.001 c. Php 1310.50
a. 13.653 d. Php 1409.50
b. 135.53
c. 1356.3 20. Eighteen less than seven times the number of
d. 13563 sandwiches is 269. How many sandwiches are there?
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b. 41
c. 44 29. How much must one has to invest in corporate bonds
d. 45 paying 9.6% in order to earn an income of P 12000 per
annum?
21. A house and lot are sold for P 14 M. The house costs a. P 11520
1.5 times as much as the lot. How much does the lot b. P 23040
cost? c. P 125000
a. P 5.6M d. P 250000
b. P 8.4M
c. P 10.5 M 30. How much must be cut from the edge of a piece of
d. P 21M 1
glass 16 cm wide, in order for it to fit into an opening
8
22. The sale price of a television set is P 7200. The 3
discount rate is 40%. Find the regular price. 14 cm wide?
a. P 4320 4
b. P 12000 3
a. 2 cm
c. P 6800 8
d. P 10000 7
b. 1 cm
8
23. The lengths of the sides of a triangle can be 3
represented by three consecutive integers. The c. 1 cm
perimeter of the triangle is 96 cm. Find the length of the
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longest side of the triangle. 5
d. 2 cm
a. 28 8
b. 32
c. 33 31. A race car traveled for 2 and ½ hours with an average
d. 36 speed of 132 and 5/8 km per hour. Find the total
distance it covered.
24. The length of a rectangle is 8 meters more than twice a. 264 and 5/16 km
its width. The perimeter is 112 meters. Find its area. b. 331 and 9/16 km
a. 16m c. 330 and 5/16 km
b. 24m d. 135 and 1/8 km
c. 28 square meters
d. 640 square meters 32. If the weight of a 241 – kg freight car increases 3 and
1/8 times when fully loaded, what will be its weight with
25. Paula is twice as old as Queenie. Seven years ago the a full load?
sum of their ages was 16. How old is Queenie now? a. 750 and 3/8 kg
a. 8 b. 824 and 3/8 kg
b. 10 c. 720 and 5/8 kg
c. 16 d. 753 and 1/8 kg
d. 20
33. How many liters will remain in a 1000 – liter storage
26. Of the 300 grocery shoppers surveyed, 96 did not tank if 8.2% of the liquid has evaporated due to excessive
have a regular day of the week on which they shop. What heat?
percentage of the shoppers did not have a regular day of a. 918
shopping? b. 991.8
a. 32% c. 999.18
b. 48% d. 998
c. 64%
d. 96% 34. Dante recently sold some stocks for which he
originally bought for P358. If it has increased in value by
27. A starting salary of a secretary is P 15000 a month. 116%, how much did he receive for the stock?
Next year the starting salary will be raised to P 18000. a. P 678.28
What is the rate of increase in the starting salary? b. P 772
a. 3% c. P 773.28
b. 20% d. P 778
c. 25%
d. 30% 35. Mr. Manny Vargas, a real estate broker sold a
building for P 175M. How much did he receive if his
28. The cost of a square meter commercial lot in a commission is 5.5% of the sale price of the property?
certain municipality five years ago was P 12500. There a. P 9.5M
was a 420% increase in the price in the last five years. b. P 9.7 M
What is the price per square meter of the lot today? c. P 9.625M
a. P 17500 d. P 180.5M
b. P 52500
c. P 19000
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36. If 560 out of 700 examinees passed in the recent CSE a. 12
for Sub – Professional level, what percent of the b. -12
examinees passed? c. 1728
a. 65% d. -1728
b. 72%
c. 80% 45. 13 and 7/12 – 2 and 1/3
d. 140% a. 11 and ¼ c. 1 and 3/4
b. 12 and 2/3 d. 11 and 1/2
37. Mr. Cruz borrows P 750000 from Asian Bank and is 46. Simplify: [2 x 9 – 8 x (-3)] ÷ 6 + 15
charged P 90000 interest. What rate of interest did Asian a. 44
Bank charge for the loan? b. 33
a. 8% c. 22
b. 9% d. 11
c. 10%
d. 12% 47. What is the quotient when .345 is divided by .5?
a. .69
38. A 1.25 kg box of Brand A detergent sells for P 87.50. A b. .65
1.5 kg box of Brand B detergent sells for P 103.20. What c. .64
is the difference in the price per kg? d. .67
a. P 1.20
b. P 1.50 48. three – fourth of what number is twelve?
c. P 1.80 a. 14
d. P 2.00 b. 16
c. 15
39. A homeowner can rent a chainsaw from a rental d. 12
agency at P2700 a day. The brand new of the same saw
can be bought for P18900. For how many days could the 49. What is the value of a in the statement 3ab–15 if b=5
homeowner rent the saw before renting would cost a. 3
more than buying? b. 1
a. 5 c. 2
b. 6 d. 5
c. 7
d. 8 50. Write 3.4% as a fraction
a. 3.4 / 100
40. A video cassette movie, purchased for P440 was b. 3.4 / 1000
marked up 25% on the selling price. Later, as retail prices c. .34 / 100
fell, this movie was marked down 20% on the current d. 34 / 100
sale price. Find its new sale price.
a. P 352 51. The number missing in the series 6, 12, 20, 30 , __,
b. P 440 56, 72 is?
c. P 500 a. 38
d. P 550 b. 42
c. 44
41. The question “How many flowers are needed to d. 48
border a rectangular garden?” involves
a. weight 52. 3 is 6% of a certain number. What is the number?
b. perimeter a. 53
c. volume b. 50
d. area c. 48
d. 18
42. How many meters of fencing are needed to enclose
an 84 m by 48 m rectangular garden? 53. What is the average of 0.6, 6.6, 0.4 and 2.4?
a. 132 m a. 2.5
b. 244 m b. 2.75
c. 264 m c. 2.25
d. 4032 square meters d. 3.0

43. One side of a triangle is 3 cm longer than the shortest 54. Find 65% of 75
side, and the other side is 4 cm longer than the shortest a. 4.87
side. How long is the shortest side if the perimeter is 67 b. 488
cm? c. 48.75
a. 20 cm d. 48.80
b. 23 cm
c. 24 cm 55. 12 is 125% of what number?
d. 27 cm a. 9.6
b. 8
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d. 9 66. What number is 35 more than 70?
a. 105
56. What percent of 16 is 40? b. 135
a. 2.5% c. 170
b. 25% d. 185
c. 250%
d. 2500%
67. The number is 15 less 7, when added to ten, what will
57. What is the ratio of ¼ to 3/5? the number be?
a. 1 : 3 a. 28
b. 3 : 20 b. 18
c. 5 : 12 c. 17
d. 5 : 4 d. 15

58. What is the average of A, B and C? 68. Joseph purchased a lawn mower which was sold at
a. ABC/3 20% discount. He paid Php 14,800.00 for the lawn
b. A+B+C / 3 mower. How much was the original price of the
c. 3 (A+B+C) lawnmower?
d. ABC / A+B+C a. Php 18250
b. Php 18565
59. If 2 apples cost P25.00, how many apples can be c. Php 18500
purchased for P 100.00? d. Php 18575
a. 8 apples
b. ½ dozen apples 69. A stationery pad that sells for P 18.50 can beb ought
c. 2 dozen apples for P 150 when a dozen pads are purchased at one time.
d. 1 and ½ dozen apples What is the savings per pad, in pesos, when the pads are
purchased by the dozen?
60. Which of the following equation has the LEAST value? a. P 6.95
a. 6 +3 x 3 b. P 6.50
b. 6 x 4 + 3 c. P 6.75
c. 6 + 4 x 3 d. P 6.00
d. 6 x 3 + 4
70. On the day of the school concert, 500 tickets were
61. Add: 17 and 5/8 + 21 and ¾ sold. The students paid P150 each while non – students
a. 38 and 3/8 paid P200 each. If the total of P85,000 was collected,
b. 39 and 3/8 how many non-students attended?
c. 39 and 4/8 a. 250
d. 38 and 4/8 b. 230
c. 260
62. My uncle’s weight is two times that of my nephew. d. 200
My aunt’s weight is half that of my nephew. What is the
total weight of the three? Which of the following formula 71. The Rosario family’s monthly income is P25,000. The
will apply for the correct answer? family spends 30% for food, 20% for rentals, 10% for
a. x3 + 2 ½ clothing and 16& for miscellaneous. How much is saved
b. ½ + 3x in peso value?
c. (2x) + (x) + (x/2) a. P6520
d. 2x + ½ x2 b. P6250
c. P6000
63. ADD: 48.63 + 96.28 + 436.45 + .2385 d. P6400
a. 581.60
b. 581.5985 72. A motorcycle covers 225 kms in 2 ½ hours. How far
c. 581.5990 can he go in 1 ¾ hours?
d. 581.5986 a. 158.5 kms
b. 157.5 kms
64. The ratio of two numbers is 16 : 33. The larger c. 150.5 kms
number is 264. What is the smaller number? d. 165.5 kms
a. 131
b. 130 73. One way plane from Manila to Davao is P5,200. How
c. 129 many round trip tickets can be purchased with the
d. 128 amount of P104,000?
a. 11
65. If 25% of 50% of 80 is 10, then ¼ of 5/10 of 80 is? b. 10
a. 40 c. 12
b. 20 d. 9
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74. Mr. Sison left his house at 7:00AM and drove his car b. 22
at 50kph. He rested for half an hour. What time will he c. 23
reach his destination which is 600 kms away? d. 24
a. 7:30PM
b. 7:00PM 83. a father is 3 times as old as his son. Four years ago,
c. 8:00PM he was four times as old as his son was at that time. How
d. 8:30PM old is his son?
a. 10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 13
75. Ruth bought 55 copies of Phil. History and paid a total 84. 2000kg of steel containing 8% nickel is to be made by
of P3,850.00. If she buys 3 copies more of the same mixing a steel containing 14% nickel with another steel
book, how much will she pay in all? containing 6% nickel. How much of the steel containing
a. P 4,060 14% nickel is needed?
b. P 4,260 a. 400
c. P 4,160 b. 500
d. P 4,150 c. 600
d. 700
76. A manufacturer finds that 150 pieces of pens are
defective and unsuitable for sale. If the defective pens 85. A 40-gram alloy containing 35% gold is to be melted
are equivalent to three percent of the production, how with a 20-gram alloy containing 50% gold. How much
many pens are being produced? percentage of gold is the resulting alloy?
a. 5,100 a. 15%
b. 4,990 b. 40%
c. 5,000 c. 60%
d. 5,150 d. 85%

77. What part of an hour elapses between 11:50 AM and 86. A pump can pump out a tank in 11 hrs. Another pump
12:14 PM? can pump out the same tank in 20hrs. How long will it
a. 2/5 take both pumps together to pump out the tank?
b. 7/30 a. 6.5 hours
c. 1/6 b. 6.9 hours
d. 17/30 c. 7.1 hours
d. 7.4 hours
78. If three miles is equivalent to 4.83 kms, then 11.27
kms is equivalent to how many miles? 87. Mr. Brown can wash his car in 15 minutes, while his
a. 2 1/3 miles son John takes twice as long to do the same job. If they
b. 6 ½ miles work together, how many minutes can they do the
c. 5 miles washing?
d. 7 miles a. 10 minutes
b. 15 minutes
79. Mr. Mondragon took his four children to the trade c. 25 minutes
exhibit. The total cost of their admission tickets was d. 30 minutes
P135.00. Mr. and Mrs. Santos and their six children had
to pay P220.00. What was the cost of an adult ticket and 88. Jane bought a pencil and received change for $3 in 20
that of a child’s ticket? coins, all nickels and quarters. How many of each kind
a. P35.00 and P25.00 are given?
b. P25.00 and P35.00 a. 20 nickels, 8 quarters
c. P24.00 and P35.00 b. 15 nickels, 9 quarters
d. P35.00 and P28.00 c. 10 nickels, 10 quarters
d. 5 nickels, 11 quarters
80. A painter can finish painting 25 desks in 6 hrs. How
many desks can be painted from 6AM to 9PM? 89. Sue has $1.15 in nickels and dimes totaling 16 coins.
a. 60 How many nickels and how many dimes does she have?
b. 62.5 a. 9 nickels and 7 dimes
c. 63.5 b. 11 nickels and 6 dimes
d. 65 c. 13 nickels and 5 dimes
d. 15 nickels and 4 dimes
81. What is the difference in elevation between the top
of a mountain 8530 feet above sea level and a point in a 90. In how many way can the letters of the word APPLE
valley 253 feet below sea level? be rearranged?
a. 8777 a. 30
b. 8700 b. 60
c. 8773 c. 90
d. 8774 d. 120

82. Peter’s age 13 years ago was 1/3 of his age 7 years 91. If five digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are being given and a
hence. How old is peter? three digit code has to be made from it, how many codes
a. 21 can be formed?

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a. 120
b. 125
c. 130
d. 140

92. In how many ways can 6 people arrange themselves

in a row for picture – taking?
a. 120 b. 360 c. 540 d. 720
93. In how many ways can 5 people sit around a round
table?
a. 12
b. 24
c. 48
d. 60

94. In how many ways can a coach choose three

swimmers from among five swimmers?
a. 3
b. 5
c. 8
d. 10

95. In how many ways can a president, a treasurer and a

secretary be chosen from among 7 candidates?
a. 120
b. 210
c. 280
d. 350

96. Which of these number cannot be a probability?

a. 0.68
b. 1.01
c. 0.01
d. 0.99

97. Suppose we draw a card from a deck of playing cards.

What is the probability that we draw a spade?
a. 13 / 52
b. 4 / 52
c. 1 / 4
d. 1 / 2

98. Suppose we draw a card from a deck of playing cards.

What is the probability that we draw a face card?
a. 13 / 52
b. 12 / 52
c. 3 / 13
d. 6 / 26

99. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a

ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability that
the ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or
5?
a. 9/20
b. 8/20
c. 11/20
d. 7/20

100. In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green balls.

One ball is picked up randomly. What is the probability
that it is neither red nor green?
a. 9/21
b. 8/21
c. ¾
d. 1/3

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